Video: Exhibitors offer ingredients to boost fiber

By Bob Swientek

June 28, 2017

In January, the FDA issued a new definition of dietary fiber to ensure that what’s labeled as a dietary fiber does indeed have a beneficial physiological effect. Consumers are also looking more closely at fiber due to its intrinsic benefits in the areas of blood sugar management, digestion, weight management, and mineral absorption. Let’s see how two companies are utilizing different forms of fiber in innovative applications on display at IFT17.
Kelly Hensel, senior digital editor of Food Technology magazine, chats with BENEO (booth 4023) and ADM/Matsutani (booth 762) about ways to use different forms of fiber to increase the healthfulness of new products